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A strong economy is one that operates at its potential and delivers a high standard of living to the entire population. Monetary, fiscal, and tax policy all play important roles in determining the level and distribution of income, wealth, and other, broader measures of economic wellbeing. Equitable Growth promotes research to improve our understanding of how these policy tools can ensure the economy works for everyone, and reduce the impact of economic downturns.

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Defining extreme wealth is more complicated than it looks

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The debt-to-wealth ratio: A missing lens on the U.S. government’s fiscal capacity

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In Conversation with Costa Samaras

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Factsheet: Defining top U.S. income and wealth thresholds for tax policy

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What is the relationship between inflation, interest rates, and economic growth, and what does it mean for the new Federal Reserve chair?

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Equitable Growth event covers tariffs, tariff uncertainties, and the limits of U.S. trade policy

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A researcher’s guide to identifying policy-relevant research questions for the federal government

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Behavioral Responses to Wealth Taxation: Evidence from Colombia

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2017 tax cut for pass-through business owners exacerbated inequality and failed to deliver economic benefits

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Factsheet: What the research says about taxing pass-through businesses

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Combating market power through a graduated U.S. corporate income tax

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Enhanced Child Tax Credit helped U.S. families afford life-enhancing necessities and cope with inflation

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Spending Responses to the Child Tax Credit Expansions

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Request for Proposals: How effective was the fiscal response to the COVID-19 recession for workers?

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Testimony by Michael Linden before the Joint Economic Committee

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Closing the billionaire borrowing loophole would strengthen the progressivity of the U.S. tax code

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Doubling down on cuts to the IRS is bad for the federal budget and for tax fairness in the United States

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Six years later, more evidence shows the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act benefits U.S. business owners and executives, not average workers

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Recession Ready

Recession Ready

Edited by Heather Boushey, Ryan Nunn, and Jay Shambaugh

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Mark Cooper

Consumer Federation of America

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Steering Committee

Karen Dynan

Harvard University

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Stephanie Chapman Weishaar

Cornerstone Research

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Gordon Phillips

Dartmouth College

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Christian Moser

Columbia University

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